Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.
Lin YutangNot until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India
Lin YutangAll women's dresses, in every age and country, are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the unadmitted desire to undress.
Lin YutangI am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He is not to be trusted. He is apt to be always sober and he cannot make a single mistake. His habits are likely to be regular, his existence more mechanical and his head always maintains its supremacy over his heart. Much as I like reasonable persons, I hate completely rational beings.
Lin Yutang